'Today, when I think about all the different types I met in that excuse for a penitentiary, this man remains my most uncomfortable memory'. Striking words from a convicted serial killer, who in 1961 became one of America's most wanted fugitives, appearing on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. That man was Edward Wayne Edwards, and the man he was talking about was Donald Lee Bujok, promulgated as a prime candidate for the murders of five people in Northern California in the late 1960's, by Zodiac researcher Kevin Robert Brooks. This extract was taken from an Edward Edwards autobiography, entitled 'Metamorphosis of a Criminal' and left you in no doubt, that there was more to Donald Lee Bujok, than could possibly be imagined.The penitentiary Edward Edwards was referring to was Old Montana State Prison, approximately three and a half miles west of Deer Lodge. Donald Lee Bujok had spent eleven years at the prison, serving time for the brutal slaying of Deputy Otto Fossen, shot five times in the neck and chest, in the small town of Joplin, Montana on October 5th 1957.Built in 1871, Old Montana State Prison suffered badly with overcrowding and prisoners daily life mirrored the bleak walls, that confined them. The only solace was sought through work related activities and occasional visits to the W.A. Clark Theater, built in 1919, under the governance of Warden Conley. It seated around 600 and hosted a variety of events, that included travelling theater groups, movies, concerts and religious services, providing temporary relief to inmates, who for the most part relied heavily on introspection to wile away the harsh realities that became an everyday occurrence. Donald Lee Bujok was no exception to this rule, performing many jobs within the prison, notably a kitchen clerk, upholsterer and garment maker, but in an attempt to escape his reality, ascended to an altogether different level of existence, driven by a fascination for Egyptian literature and science fiction, apparent in the striking memoirs of Edward Wayne Edwards. Donald Lee Bujok, strangled by the rigors of daily life in prison, sought his escapism into the non material realm of fantasy, embracing an afterlife, that would eventually be realized a few years later, in the very real world of Northern California, one dark December night in 1968.The shadow of Old Montana Prison became the embodiment of all things evil, when the headlights of the car driven by Donald Lee Bujok flickered across the dark twisting road of Lake Herman on December 20th 1968 and his route to paradise, that he had sought for eleven years, was just moments away, Sadly it came at great cost and the paradise sought by the Zodiac Killer, was the paradise lost by so many, in the the wake of Northern California's most reviled and elusive killer. A chapter that has left its mark for over four decades and one that began in memories recalled within the writings of Edward Wayne Edwards autobiography, Metamorphosis of a Criminal. Kevin Robert Brooks has examined, in depth, the early life of Donald Lee Bujok, that may have seeded the very inception of the Zodiac Killer, through to the numerous letters and cards he sent to the San Francisco Chronicle, along with other associated publications and believes his search for America's most notorious serial killer may be coming to an end.One such letter he has analyzed, may possibly have marked the final chapter of this story, sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on January 29th 1974, that of the Exorcist Letter, believed by many to be the Zodiac Killer's final letter and impending epitaph.

The Zodiac Killer throughout his correspondence exhibited an overt interest in theatrics, never more so, than the Little List Letter he mailed to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 26th 1970, paraphrasing extracts from the Mikado, a two part comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, which opened for the public on March 14th 1885, and was hugely successful running for 672 performances at the Savoy Theatre in London.In his later correspondence, his interest in the movies came to the forefront, mentioning the film Badlands, Red Phantom (El Espectro Rojo), possibly The Car, in an unauthenticated letter sent on Wednesday October 28th 1987 and the Exorcist Letter, ridiculing the William Friedkin horror film, released in 1973.But this correspondence encompassed both, reciting lines from The Mikado's Tit Willow, as well as embodying the movie angle into its design. The author also added Asian style characters at the foot of the letter, reminiscent of Japanese stylism.The Zodiac Killer used a blue felt tip pen when writing this letter, causing occasional filling on the circular letters.Kevin Robert Brooks believes the F style symbol, to be the word 'To' and when the symbols are reorganized, they spell the words 'To Kill'. Just above the symbols he wrote 'PS if I do not see this note in your paper, I will do something nasty, which you know I'm capable of doing'.He said something eerily familiar in his first correspondence to authorities, when he mailed Part Two, of his three part 408 Cipher, to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 31st 1969. On that occasion he wrote 'Here is part of a cipher, the other 2 parts of this cipher are being mailed to the editors of the Vallejo Times and SF Examiner. I want you to print this cipher on the front page of your paper. In this cipher is my idenity. If you do not print this cipher by the afternoon of Fry.1st of Aug 69, I will go on a kill ram-Page Fry. night. I will cruse around

Original layout of the Exorcist Letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on January 29th 1974. Note that the Zodiac Killer wrote Me-37, as opposed to his usual signature. Donald Lee Bujok was 37 years on the mailing of this letter.

all weekend killing lone people in the night then move on to kill again, until I end up with a dozen people over the weekend'.In both examples the threat of non publication would result in further consequences. On July 31st 1969, the threat was murder, so why should it be any different here, thereby completing the phrase 'PS if I do not see this note in your paper, I will do something nasty, which you know I'm capable of doing.To Kill'.Another striking comparison can be found in authenticated correspondence Donald Lee Bujok mailed to the Billings Gazette in Montana on June 2nd 1974, just over four months after the receipt of this letter. It also ridiculed the idea of demonic possession stating 'If his work was impressive enough, we could then extend his services to Deer Lodge. Just think of the money we could save by releasing de-possessed people who would no longer require confinement' and 'Exorcism ? Evil Spirits ? Possession ? I have a word to describe this so called phenomenon, but I'll use the initials BS, because I don't think the editor would print my expletive.'

Donald Lee Bujok article sent to the Billings Gazette in Montana on June 2nd 1974.

Of course Donald Lee Bujok wrote many letters to the Billings Gazette and while some showed parallels to the Zodiac letters, many did not. But this correspondence to the Billings Gazette held a little more.He began this letter with the phrase 'I have been reading and hearing all about the Exorcist in Billings' and in the Exorcist Letter he began with 'I saw and think the Exorcist was the best satirical comedy that I have ever seen'. Very similar in phraseology.Healso makes reference to Deer Lodge Prison. Probably realizing that the demons that resided within him, may well have been exorcised. But then the need for the Exorcist Letter, the Billings Gazette communication and

indeed this article, would have become superfluous.On October 5th 1970, exactly thirteen years after the murder of Deputy Otto Fossen in 1957, '13 bullet holes' punched through the 13 Hole Postcard arrived at the San Francisco Chronicle with the words 'FK I'm Crackproof, What is the price tag now ?'. But this is another story.Thanks to : Kevin Robert Brooks. Below is a sketch created by Kevin Robert Brooks and taken from a photo of Donald Lee Bujok when he was in his late 40's.

In a previous article it was shown how Kevin Robert Brooks and his team of investigators had formulated a plausible reason behind the design of the Button Letter and its associated Phillips 66 Petroleum Map.The Button Letter was mailed to the San Francisco Chronicle on June 26th 1970, accompanied by a map of San Francisco and its vicinity. On the map the Zodiac Killer had added his traditional crossed circle, centered over Mount Diablo, but on this occasion he added the numbers 0,3,6 and 9 around its circumference. Crucially though, he also added a directional marker on the North facing compass point, as a positional indicator.

It was believed, along with the inserted code, to possibly indicate the location of a hidden bomb, set up by the Zodiac Killer, but Kevin Robert Brooks believes he has unearthed the true reason behind the killers motive for the design of the Phillips 66 Petroleum Map and the answer lies a little closer to home.In many Zodiac letters, the Northern California killer repeatedly taunted police and newspapers alike, promising to reveal his name, but sadly this never materialized, and in all likelihood this was never a realistic hope.But it just may be, that despite his reluctance to offer us his name, he quite possibly offered us the next best thing, his residence or place of birth.Donald Lee Bujok was born on July 6th 1936 in Roundup, Musselshell County, Montana and it is believed this crossed circle indicates the county seat of Roundup, but in an extremely subtle way.If we take the crossed circle and superimpose it, to center over Roundup, Montana, the directional North marker points directly to two adjacent counties.

Firstly Petroleum County and then Phillips County, giving us the very real reason behind his choice of map in the first place and the birth place of America's most elusive serial killer.

On the Phillips 66 Petroleum Map, the Zodiac Killer adds a notation that his design 'is to be set to Mag.N'. Taken to be Magnetic North.In 1970 Magnetic North was approximately 16.5 degrees, so if we adjust the crossed circle accordingly, it becomes even more significant, virtually passing over both county seats of Winnett and Malta, shown on the map to the left.Most of this was addressed in the Phillip Petroleum Map Key article on December 26th 2013, but there is more.The county code numbers of Petroleum County and Phillips County are 55 and 11 respectively and these totaled up equal 66, to provide yet another interesting feature.If we now take a short trip, just below the east axis from Mount Diablo, to 3553 Mt Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette, we arrive at the Roundup Saloon, an old miners bar, established in 1932 and quite possibly as far as the Zodiac Killer was prepared to go, in taking us back home.There is a lot more, but this is where it ends for now.Thanks again to Kevin Robert Brooks.

On May 8th 1974 a letter was received at the San Francisco Chronicle, known as the Badlands Letter or Citizen Card, referencing the 1973 movie Badlands, directed by Terrence Malick and starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek.The movie was based upon the real life events of Charles Raymond Starkweather (20) and his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate (14), a pair of spree killers who went on a two month rampage, killing numerous people, starting in 1957 and culminating in 1958, including her entire family in the area of Nebraska and Wyoming, before they were finally captured. Starkweather was sentenced to death and died in the electric chair just after midnight at Nebraska State Penitentiary on June 25th 1959, while Fugate received a life sentence eventually commuted, allowing her to be released in June 1976.If this letter was genuine Zodiac correspondence, what was it about the movie Badlands that struck a chord with the killer of at least five people between December 20th 1968 and October 11th 1969. Was there anything in the movie or case history of these murderers, that became the trigger behind the Zodiac Killer, that he now appeared to be at odds with.Charles Raymond Starkweather was afflicted early on in his life with several handicaps, including bow leggedness, severe myopia, bordering on blindness and a speech impediment and unsurprisingly suffered bullying and teasing at Saratoga Elementary School, Everett Junior High School and Lincoln High School. The tables however would eventually be turned, as Starkweather grew from the bullied to the bully, in reaction to his years of being tormented by classmates.He assimilated an identity based on the actor James Dean, famous for his starring role in the 1955 movie Rebel Without a Cause, even sweeping his hair back in similar fashion. This next section will be searching out, to find any reasons behind this case, that bear any similarities between the killer in Northern California and the Starkweather and Fugate murder spree. We have previously considered that the Zodiac Killer may have suffered with a speech impediment and we know the Zodiac Killer's voice was only heard by three people. Two police dispatchers, Dave Slaight and Nancy Slover took calls from the killer minutes after the Lake Berryessa and Blue Rock Springs Attacks, along with the surviving victim of the Lake Berressa Attack, Bryan Hartnell. Was our killer identifying or empathizing with Charles Starkweather in any way, however small. Nancy Slover described the voice as mature, without accent, who spoke even but consistent, soft but forceful, as if reading from a script and Bryan Hartnell stated that the man spoke with a drawl, a form of slow drawn out speech pattern, and later during the interview described the man's voice as a unique way of talking. It has been surmised that the Zodiac Killer may have been afflicted with a moderate speech impediment that he controlled in later years by speaking in a deliberate monotone fashion, not unlike the voice described by both Nancy Slover and Bryan Hartnell.Kevin Robert Brooks highlighted that his prime suspect Donald Lee Bujok suffered progressive bullying at school on account of his speech impediment, that may have carved out a resentment that he carried forward into his adult life, not unlike Charles Starkweather before him.

Donald Lee Bujok himself became marginalized from society, eventually serving eleven years in Old Montana State Prison for the brutal slaying of Deputy Otto Fossen in Joplin, Montana on October 5th 1957. This murder incidentally was shown by Kevin Robert Brooks to have occurred exactly 13 years to the day prior to the mailing of the 13 Hole Postcard in 1970. A card exacted with 13 deliberate punch holes within its design. See here for an explanation. A fellow prisoner Ed Edwards later described in his book ' Metamorphosis of a Criminal ' that another inmate, Donald Lee Bujok, referred to the fact that anybody he killed would become his slaves the afterlife and became Ed Edwards most uncomfortable memory while serving time there. As stated earlier Charles Starkweather flicked back his hair at the front in an attempt to mimic his idol James Dean. As a reference point it should be noted that Michael Mageau, who survived the Blue Rock Springs shooting, described his assailant as having short curly hair, in a military style cut, combed up in a kind of pompadour, light brown, almost blond.

Is it possible the murderer of five people in Northern California, in any way identified with the infamous Charles Starkweather, in particular that they both suffered constantly throughout their childhood, possibly identifying through news reports the similarities of their upbringing, and the hurt that manifested itself in the most brutal way. Having possibly viewed the 1973 movie Badlands, the memories in our killer were reborn. But, in an apparently reformed guise, he was now condemning the glorification of murder depicted in the movie, the real instigators, which in his mind were fundamentally being ignored as the underlying reasons behind the crimes, signing off the latest letter and placing emphasis on the now reformed citizen. There is no suggestion of any correlation between the nature of the crimes in 1958 and the Zodiac Killer attacks over a decade later, although interesting observations have been noted from time to time. Here is an example from Zodiackiller.com. But there is another one, although it must be stressed this is only an observation and no credence should be necessarily given to whether or not a link exists. Charles Starkweather's final victim was attacked and murdered in his car, as was the Zodiac's. This final act ultimately was to bring about the demise of Charles Starkweather, whereas the Zodiac Killer exited the scene of Washington and Cherry Streets, never to be seen again and the rest, as they say, is history.During the morning of January 29th 1958, Starkweather and Fugate were fleeing towards the state of Wyoming, near Douglas, but they needed to get rid of their 1957 Packard Patrician, as it was attracting too much attention. They spotted a traveling salesman Merle Collison (37) sleeping in his Buick and demanded that he relinquish his vehicle, but when he refused Starkweather shot him nine times in total, three times in the face. (View crime scene photograph). However he could not drive the Buick, as he was unfamiliar with its push pedal emergency brake system. When a passer-by offered his assistance Starkweather produced his rifle and the two men ended up wrestling with each other. At that exact moment Deputy Sheriff William Romer appeared on the scene, Fugate eyeing her opportunity ran to the Sheriff shouting ' He's killed a man '. Starkweather got back in the Packard and sped off into the distance. After a chase of speeds in excess of 100 miles an hour, finally, law enforcement officers shot out the Packard's back window, injuring Charles Starkweather with shards of flying glass. He mistakenly thought he had been shot and surrendered meekly.

Despite the fact the endings of the final murders from the Starkweather and Zodiac case are different in many ways, the license plates of the Packard and Paul Stine's taxi cab bear striking similarities, although whether this was known or even accessible to the Zodiac Killer prior to his construction of the Badlands Letter is open to conjecture. Paul Stine's licence plate number was Y-17413. The Packard's was 2-17415, numerically only two different. Make of it what you will.However we cannot ignore that if the Badlands Letter is authentic Zodiac correspondence, then there has to be a reason why he singled out this film, along with the previous Exorcist Letter for special attention. The Exorcist Letter of January 29th 1974, curiously was sent on the exact 16th anniversary of the ultimate demise of Charles Raymond Starkweather, but also, sadly, the day that Merle Collison lost his life. To understand the reasoning behind a killer, it is necessary to step into the shoes of that killer for a brief moment, but unfortunately, even for a brief moment, it would take an insane person to contemplate such madness.

Kevin Robert Brooks has recently released two videos on Youtube outlining his case for Donald Lee Bujok, as the man behind the mask, we only know as the Zodiac Killer. The first was outlined in the previous article: Thirteen Holes in Time. The second will be described here.On June 26th 1970 the Zodiac Killer mailed the Button Letter to the San Francisco Chronicle, upset that the citizens of San Francisco had not complied with his wishes to wear his Zodiac buttons, claiming he had killed a man in a parked car with a .38. He also attached a 32 symbol code, the fourth in a series of cryptic messages, of which only the first, the 408 Cipher was ever solved. Also accompanying the letter was a Phillips 66 Road Map of San Francisco and its neighboring areas.On this map the Zodiac Killer had emblazoned his crosshair symbol, centered over the peak of Mt Diablo, along with a brief segment of writing, stating it was to be set to Magnetic North.The Zodiac Killer appeared a master of misdirection and false promises, placing the Bay area into panic by proclaiming he would take on a school bus and 'pick off the kiddies as they came bouncing out', a threat that never materialized. His threat to use a bomb in several letters, including this Button Letter also appeared to carry little weight, other than to continue his campaign of terror using a pen as opposed to a bullet.

Kevin Robert Brooks and his team of investigators believe they have found the real reason behind the Button Letter and Phillips 66 Petroleum Map of June 26th 1970 and it is another classic case of Zodiac misdirection.Donald Lee Bujok was born on July 6th 1936 in Roundup, Musselshell County, Montana and indeed what the author of the Button Letter and Phillips 66 Petroleum Map is actually revealing to us, is his location.Many serial killers collect trophies from their victims, often harboring them for many years. Items were taken following the murder of Paul Stine in Presidio Heights on October 11th 1969 and apart from small sections of Paul Stine's shirt mailed back to the San Francisco Chronicle and Melvin Belli's residence, the rest is unaccounted for. The innate desire to reveal ones identity and take credit for the crimes, is often counterbalanced with an equal desire to remain at liberty and continue ones compunction to murder, this is the fine line some serial killers appear to tread and undoubtedly the Zodiac Killer was no different.

The key to this mystery lies hidden in plain sight, all we have to do is recognize the key. In this instance, it is the map itself, a 1969 version of the Phillips 66 Road Map. The Phillips Petroleum Company (1917) was founded in Bartlesville, Oklahoma by brothers Frank and Lee Eldas Phillips, becoming an iconic brand, the name, in part, derived from testing undertaken on US Highway 66 in Oklahoma.Kevin Robert Brooks takes us to the county seat of Roundup, Montana where Donald Lee Bujok was born and in particular Musselshell County. This is the area that the Zodiac Killer wanted us to see all along, an area of personal significance. All we have to do now is place the center of the Zodiac crosshair over the area of Roundup, Musselshell County and follow the arrow placed at the top of the Zodiac crosshair, set to Mag N, and see where it takes us.The two immediate counties above Musselshell County, are Petroleum County, established in 1925 and Phillips County, established in 1915.The key was indeed so large, it almost went unnoticed:- Phillips Petroleum, pointing to the birth place and home of America's most notorious and elusive murderer. The crosshair buttons the Zodiac urged his followers to wear, would probably have mirrored his own, worn too close to the heart of a killer for comfort, and we know where home is. This article was written with the explicit consent of Kevin Robert Brooks and does not necessarily reflect the views of this site. To view the complete story regarding this particular topic please visit Youtube; Zodiac Killer Phillips Petroleum Map Meaning Revealed.

Saturday in the quiet town of Joplin, Montana, seemed like any other day back in 1957, but this was to turn out to be no ordinary day for the residents of Liberty County, when the lives of two men, on a collision course, were about to change forever, in which one was to emerge, to possibly become the most notorious killer in American history.Hichhiking his way from Roundup, Montana in search of employment in Shelby, Donald Lee Bujok entered the town of Havre, situated just over 50 miles east of Joplin. Here he made a decision, that was to turn out to be life changing, when he stole a Ford Monarch car outside of Buttreys Department Store at approximately 8.15am on the morning of October 5th 1957.Shortly afterwards the owner of the car contacted the local deputy, who in turn relayed the facts to law enforcement in Chester, approximately one hours drive west of Havre, that the suspect may possibly be heading in their direction, and indeed he was, approaching along Highway 2, towards Joplin.Deputy Otto Fossen (65), a 30 year veteran of the Chester Sheriffs Department, was sent to investigate, and located the stolen car, just a short ten minute drive east of Chester in the small town of Joplin. The vehicle had a flat tire.Deputy Otto Fossen questioned a manager at the Farmers Union Elevator to see if he had noted anything suspicious in the area, where upon he noticed some activity in the area of Highway 2, Joplin Road, spotting a man being led away from a car. He was now to make a decision that would forever leave its mark in Joplin, but unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons.He approached the suspect in his car, but things soon turned sour. A man determined to reach his destination that day and a deputy simply performing his duty, had lit the touchpaper that exploded into a powder keg of tragic consequences, as a scuffle ensued between the two men, entering the patrol car of Deputy Otto Fossen. Five shots shattered the tranquil Montana air. Moments later a man exited the car and fell into the nearby ditch, sadly it was Deputy Otto Fossen, struck five times to the neck and chest, that proved fatal and he died shortly after reaching hospital.

Donald Lee Bujok escaped the scene in Deputy Fossen's patrol car, but was now a marked man living on borrowed time, as an unprecedented, two hundred strong manhunt ensued, armed to the teeth, with every weapon imaginable. Eventually he was cornered later that evening, hiding in an outhouse, just north of Chester. But this was just the beginning, as the residents of Benicia, Northern California were about to find out, just over 11 years later, in the lonely turnout of Lake Herman Road.The Zodiac Killer gave signals that he was indeed driven by time and dates, forever noticeable in his murders and correspondence with authorities, even listing his crimes on the car door of Bryan Hartnell's Karmann Ghia at Lake Berryessa on September 27th 1969.

The senseless slaying of Undersheriff Otto S Fossen on October 5th 1957, occurred exactly 13 years prior to the 13 Hole Postcard, mailed to the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. In this correspondence, if we believe it to be genuine, the Zodiac Killer clearly makes the date evident in the top right corner, Mon, Oct 5 1970, as to signify its relevance and scores 13 punch-holes through the face of the card.Kevin Robert Brooks, an avid Zodiac researcher and author of the upcoming book 'Zodiac-The Montana Connection', has noted the significant emphasis the author places on the date, the number 13 and the punch-holes accentuated within its design.The Zodiac Killer was telling us that this particular date was personal to him, being the anniversary of the shooting of Deputy Otto Fossen back in 1957, stating on the card 'Its just one big thirteenth', alongside the number 13 itself.Donald Lee Bujok's version of events back in 1957, to people he knew, claimed self defense, in that Deputy Otto Fossen had pistol whipped him and he was acting to defend himself. On the 13 Hole Postcard, a conductors punch is used to forge the holes in the card. Kevin Robert Brooks believes that Donald Lee Bujok, a former army veteran and railroad worker, used these punch-holes to mark each year since the tragic events of 1957 and the day Donald Lee Bujok, by all accounts, first ventured into the world of first degree murder.

The author also states on the card 'Some of them fought it was horrible'. Deputy Otto Fossen had fought hard for his life and the testimony of the crime, left no one in doubt to its gravity.The author also pastes the words 'There are reports city police pig cops are closing in on me' and goes on to say 'I'm crackproof'. Kevin Robert Brooks has spent years, investing his time and energy into his search for the identity of the Zodiac Killer and firmly believes the evidence is mounting, that the Zodiac Killer and Donald Lee Bujok are one and the same.

The Zodiac Killer claimed he was crackproof, but was he. Kevin Robert Brooks believes not and presents his case on the 13 Hole Punchcard, on a 5m 30s Youtube video. I have deliberately left out some key details in the description above, so to view the whole story on this particular topic, please visit Kevin's articulate Youtube presentation via the banner link on the right.Other videos in the series include another latest addition, examining the Phillips Petroleum Map, sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on June 26th 1970, the Exorcist Letter sent on January 29th 1974 and the Halloween Card mailed on October 27th 1970.For Kevin's Youtube Channel, follow this link.

This article was written with express permission from Kevin Robert Brooks, author of the 'Zodiac The Montana Connection'.

Although the last confirmed murder attributed to the Zodiac was the slaying of taxi driver Paul Stine on October 11th 1969, the killer continued his onslaught towards the citizens of Northern California and beyond in the form of threatening and taunting letters, the like of which authorities had never experienced previously, driven by an overwhelming desire to keep the fear factor well and truly alive in the psyche of everyday people.Driven by the art of humiliation and misdirection, he lead the investigative bodies on a piece of string, complimented by an inordinate amount of good fortune, to elude capture throughout his manifesto of evil during the late 1960's and early 1970's.Although his correspondence to the newspapers eventually dwindled away, it may be that two of his later letters, despite being shorter by comparison held the biggest key to unraveling, or at the very least taking us into the very footprints of a killer.The Exorcist Letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on January 29th 1974, was closely followed just over two weeks later by the SLA Letter and both letters seemed to offer very little in the way of clues, that is unless you know where to look.Kevin Robert Brooks steps into the mind of the Zodiac killer, believing he is slowly drawing his suspect out of the shadows and into the light, as one and the same.On the face of it little can be gleaned from these two short messages, but that is until you compare these two letters, along with others, and place them alongside articles sent by Donald Lee Bujok to the Billings Gazette in the 1970's.On a previous post it was shown that Donald Lee Bujok sent numerous literary observations, on various social issues of the day, thereby giving us a tantalizing glimpse into the psyche of what drove him, or as possibly the author, luring us into a game of 'cat and mouse', toying with authorities, seeing if they could connect the dots between the Billings Gazette articles and the Zodiac paraphernalia that had streamed from the pen of a killer for virtually half a decade.

One of the most interesting letters he sent to the Billings Gazette was his reference to the Exorcist film dated June 2nd 1974, approximately four months after the Zodiac sent the Exorcist Letter to the San Francisco Chronicle on January 29th 1974, and in the article he ridiculed the idea of possession and thoughts of the supernatural, not unlike Zodiac's statement at the top of the Exorcist Letter where he states 'I saw and think the Exorcist was the best satirical comedy that I have ever seen'.

In the Billings Gazette he opens up with the statement 'I have been reading and hearing all about the Exorcist in Billings', very similar to his superfluity of words in the Exorcist Letter.On March 22nd 1974 in another letter to the Billings Gazette he seemed irked by a Dick Tracy horror strip apparently promoting poor moral values, mirroring the Badlands/Citizen Letter sent by the supposed Zodiac on May 8th 1974 just one and a half months later, in which he chastised the running of advertisements for the Badlands movie in similar poor taste, as well as parallels to the attack on columnist Marco Spinelli in the Red Phantom Letter on July 8th 1974.In another article he moralizes over the issues of hunting and the rights of landowners. All these articles can be viewed here.

But there is another, more revealing piece of correspondence he sent to the Billings Gazette, dated Monday March 17th 1975, entitled ' It could be the octane rating ' and provided further and more interesting parallels to the Zodiac case, as well as to the apparently insignificant SLA Letter, that will now become the centerpiece of our focus. The Zodiac presented us with symbols at the foot of the Exorcist Letter, thought to be the words 'To Kill', as Kevin Robert Brooks surmised this was the most reasonable assumption, based on what we knew about the killer. He then, as a form of prompt to the police, sent us the SLA Letter shortly thereafter, and in trademark Zodiac style continued his art of toying with authorities by stating

' Did you know that the initials SLA spell "sla", an old Norse word meaning "Kill". a friend ', even stylizing his K in the Mikado fashion.The SLA Letter was postmarked February 14th 1974 and just over one year later on March 17th 1975 came more high octane correspondence, in the form of an article Donald Lee Bujok crafted on the subject of a haunted Volkswagen, that was headed ' It could be the octane rating ', but in the article he placed two interesting features that spiked interest.Firstly he mentions 'Mr Kolchak', the lead character from the television series 'Kolchak the Night Stalker', the first episode of which, is about a serial killer who writes to newspapers, entitled 'The Ripper' ( view on Youtube ) and aired by ABC television on September 13th 1974. The storyline is about a killer who preys on women in Chicago, with Carl Kolchak played by Darren McGavin, strong of the opinion this was not actually a copycat, but the actual Jack the Ripper himself, who murdered five women in the Whitechapel district of London, England in 1888. He was an intimidating, fast talking character, strong willed, with a dark sense of humor, who worked as investigative newspaper journalist for Chicago's Independent News Service, going to any lengths to nail down a story.

SENT TO THE BILLINGS GAZETTE ON MONDAY MARCH 17TH 1975

A rival reporter Jane Plumb was also pursuing the story and after receiving a letter from the killer, felt she could arrange a meeting with 'The Ripper' for an exclusive Two pilots were made in 1972 and 1973 based on an unpublished novel, called ' The Night Stalker '.The series also included 'They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be' released on TV September 27th 1974, 'Firefall' released November 8th 1974, 'Horror in the Heights' released December 20th 1974, 'Legacy of Terror' released February 14th 1975, exactly one year after the SLA Letter and ended with ' The Sentry ' after twenty episodes on March 28th 1975, just 11 days after Donald Lee Bujok's most recent correspondence with the Billings Gazette. The second interesting piece of the article is contained in only one word, he signs the foot of the letter with the word 'Skoal ', which is Danish Old Norse meaning cheersor good health, reminiscent of the SLA letter's unusual footnote, stating 'an old Norse word meaning "Kill".On the face of it these articles to the Billings Gazette appear insignificant, that is until you bear in mind their close proximity to known Zodiac correspondence and the subject matter involved.This article is courtesy of Kevin Robert Brooks and this is the 'Montana Connection'.

Driving through the dark lanes and highways from Montana to the fringes of Vallejo may have seemed a daunting journey for many back in December 1968, especially having just been released from Old Montana State Prison near Deer Lodge, but Donald Lee Bujok was no ordinary man.Possibly fuelled by his mission to exact his revenge on the police and authorities and gripped by the psychosis that shaped his very nature, the thousand mile long journey began, before he would reach the dim flicker of the California skyline, driven by a disorder that few understood but many would fail to forget.Did this journey of Donald Lee Bujok ever take place, one cannot be certain looking in from the window outside, but Zodiac researcher Kevin Robert Brooks takes a passenger side view of a man he believes is none other than the Zodiac Killer.Donald Lee Bujok was marginalized early in his fledgling life and suffered from a form of bi-polar disorder in which mania is a common trait, manifesting itself in distraction and behavioural changes that include aggression, invincibilty and sometimes rage in which the subject may feel they have been chosen for a higher purpose.

The journey from Montana to Vallejo back in 1968, considering Donald Lee Bujok was released from Montana State Prison on December 17th 1968 to reach Lake Herman Road by December 20th 1968 would not have been an easy one, but he possibly had one advantage in the face of adversity and that is people that suffer from manic episodes experience euphoria and increased levels of energy, with a reduced requirement for sleep.But if indeed he did complete part one of his agenda, was part two ever a consideration.Kevin Robert Brooks remains convinced of the

'Montana Connection', despite many researchers having written Donald Lee Bujok out of their thoughts as a viable suspect, installing their own prime suspects, however, what must remain sacrosanct, is that everybody is entitled to an opinion.But without being privy to the complete Donald Lee Bujok story, we can extract some interesting processes from the mind of Bujok from several letters he sent to the Billings Gazette in 1974/5 and draw some interesting parallels to the Zodiac letters, although nothing new, it is interesting none the less, to highlight once again this comparison, ably described here by contributors to Opordanalytical.Probably the most interesting letter he sent to the Billings Gazette was his reference to the Exorcist film, dated June 2nd 1974, approximately four months after the Zodiac sent the Exorcist Letter to the San Francisco Chronicle on January 29th 1974. Within the article he ridicules the idea of possession and thoughts of the supernatural, not unlike Zodiac's declaration at the top of the Exorcist Letter, where he states 'I saw and think the Exorcist was the best satirical comedy that I have ever seen'.On March 22nd 1974, in another letter to the Billings Gazette, he seemed irked by a Dick Tracy horror strip apparently promoting poor moral values, mirroring the Badlands/Citizen Letter sent by the supposed Zodiac on May 8th 1974, just one and a half months later, in which he chastised the running of advertisements for the Badlands movie in similar poor taste, as well as parallels to the attack on columnist Marco Spinelli in the Red Phantom Letter on July 8th 1974.But certain inferences in the letters fly in the face of the Zodiac's tendency for threats and humiliation of law enforcement, when Donald Lee Bujok attempts to take the moral high ground. Unless of course you believe the 1974 Exorcist Letter marked the end of Zodiac's reign of terror and the address to the Billings Gazette, culminating with the Badlands Letter marked a new dawn for Donald Lee Bujok and the day when the mask of the Zodiac finally slipped from the face of a killer. Kevin Robert Brooks has taken this journey alongside Donald Lee Bujok, it has been a long one, but was the destination Vallejo on one dark December night back in 1968 or was the road map just another twisting diversion of dead ends......

Donald Lee Bujok was born in Roundup, Montana on July 6th 1936 and it was to become a long and tortuous road from boyhood to manhood, for a child that never grew familiar with the concept of fair play from the outset and due to circumstances beyond his control was moulded into a future, that even he may not of dared to comprehend, wiling away his time near the banks of the Musselshell River and in a state synonymous with mountain peaks, the fall circumventing the young Bujok was about to become dramatic to say the least.Donald Lee Bujok was inflicted early on in his life with a pronounced speech impediment and schoolchildren were not the forgiving type, resulting in persistent bullying, that only served to marginalize him on his first tentative steps towards the fringes of society and an isolation and rejection that would eventually manifest itself in the most brutal way.

With his court appointed attorney John D Gillan, standing beside him, Bujok, now 21 years of age, received a murder in the first degree life sentence from District Judge C B Elwell, for the unprovoked and senseless killing of Undersheriff Otto S Fossen (65), gunned down by five bullets to the neck and chest as he was beaten to the draw near Joplin, Northern Montana, on October 5th 1957 at 9.30am, when he stopped a hitchhiker over an abandoned car.Bujok then attempted his bid for freedom in Fossen's car, after which an intensive, yet brief, manhunt ensued, before the suspect was finally cornered by a group of law officers hiding in a restroom north of Chester and with no possible exit and heavily outgunned, his days of freedom were about to come to an end.Donald Lee Bujok former army veteran and railroad worker, uttered the words "Guilty your honor" before being led away to serve his time in Old Montana State Prison, that became forever etched in the public psyche for the infamous Jerry's Riot that took place on 16th April 1959.Deep inside the Montana walls of correction, it appeared that the young adolescent Bujok was learning little of value, becoming a disciplinary problem, having been sent to the hole several times, surrounded by hardened criminals of an even less forgiving nature than the schoolchildren that preceded them. But it was the writings of another prisoner, Ed Edwards, that etched a belief, that the man who started life ridiculed on an almost daily basis, was starting to forge his own manifesto of evil, for an afterlife, that would now take fair play to the next level, but this time he would become its orchestrator.Donald Lee Bujok served only eleven years of a life sentence, being released from Montana Prison on December 17th 1968 and three days later the Zodiac announced his arrival to the world, as the lonely pullout on Lake Herman Road would testify to one dark night in Northern California.Kevin Robert Brooks believes that the young boy sculpted as a child, hardened in the walls of confinement and further isolated from the clutches of reality, had now embarked on a mission of evil from which their was no turning back, as his collection for the afterlife was now underway.David Van Nuys, co-author of the book 'This is the Zodiac Speaking', parallels the timeline of the Zodiac with ever increasing thrill and risk, apparent in many serial killers, from the use of a .22 handgun in the Lake Herman Road murders, to a 9mm Luger in the Blue Rock Springs attack, followed by the costume driven close quarter attack at Lake Berryessa and finally the murder of Paul Stine in the built up area of Presidio Heights, where the killer almost came into full view for the first time, but sadly since that day, that view has blurred to 43 years and counting.The day the killer shuffled away from the scene of Washington and Cherry, was may'be indicative of a man whose failing health was to prove one step too far in his continued pursuit of souls, having taken one risk too many and now needed a different agenda.Since that day the killer has bombarded the press with a multitude of letters, ciphers and postcards to keep his legacy alive, inherent of a man that yearned the attention, he so clearly lacked at some point during his life, but is that life that of Donald Lee Bujok ?.Fingerprinting has since ruled out Donald Lee Bujok to ones held on file, after samples sent to the investigatory bodies by Kevin Robert Brooks apparently provided no match, as it had done so for previous suspects before him. But one has to ask the question, are the ones held on file that of the Zodiac, after all he was undoubtedly a ruthless killer, but was he a fool, as his misspelt letters had led us to believe.It appears that DNA could be the final denominator for this 20th century crime, to eventually become a 21st century resolution and without doubt place the man firmly before the myth for the first time since that fateful day of December 20th 1968.

Four interesting letters Donald Lee Bujok sent to the Billings Gazette are shown here, along with an extract from convicted killer Edward Edwards book, in which he mentioned another prisoner in Deer Lodge Montana as his 'most uncomfortable memory' while serving there.Opordanalytical explains the correlation between Bujok's letters to the editor and the similarity to Zodiac correspondence around the same timeline

One of the key elements to any case is eyewitness testimony and although it is not always wholly reliable, it does provide certain indicators that cannot be overlooked, when matching a suspect to a particular crime and this is no different in the Zodiac crimes committed at Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo, where Michael Mageau survived a hail of bullets at point blank range to recount his experience of that dark night back on July 4th 1969, the Lake Berryessa Attack in which Bryan Calvin Hartnell managed to 'play dead', to relive his terrifying account of that days unfolding horror, and police details of the day they may have come closer than ever to apprehending the elusive killer, but for a critical error that allowed the murderer of Paul Stine to slip through their fingers and disappear into obscurity.

Here we will assess Kevin Robert Brooks suspect Donald Lee Bujok, searching for anything in the victims statements and perceptions of those fateful days, that give rise to for a credible link to this suspect and again let you decide on the merits or pitfalls of any association.Initial statements can become elaborated upon in time, so we will take Michael Mageau's early description of his assailant where he described him as short, possibly 5'8'', heavy set, with a beefy build, but not blubbery fat of around 195-200 lbs and had short curly hair in a military style cut, combed up in a kind of pompadour, light brown almost blond. He was between 26-30 years of age and was not wearing glasses, but made emphasis to the fact that he could not recall anything unusual about his assailant other than he had a large face.

Donald Lee Bujok is pictured below in ninth grade and again here during his mugshot taken at Montana State Prison, note the curly pompadour style hair flicked up at the front, with shorter hair in the later picture yet still turned over at the front. When comparisons are drawn in the school yearbook, it can be noted the size of Bujok's face in regard to the other adolescents, as notably larger and when bearing in mind Michael Mageau's description was on a dark night, when shadows will inevitably make objects and faces appear smaller due to a lack of definition, this is an unusual observation.Plus the mugshot, with applied glasses bears a striking similarity to the famous Zodiac composite sketch.The brutal stabbings at Lake Berryessa, were the only time the killer engaged in any known protracted dialogue with his victims and therefore created the scenario, whereby the murderer may unwittingly reveal key elements to his identity, during his close interaction with surviving victim Bryan Hartnell. During his conversation with Bryan Hartnell the killer stated, " I just got out of" ......some prison in Montana". Later in an interview with Sgt John Robertson at the Queen of the Valley Hospital, just one day after the attack Bryan Hartnell tried to recall the name of the prison, "its some double name, like Fern Lock or something" and when aided by Sgt John Robertson saying " Its Lodge, Hartnell replied "Oh yeah,yeah at least we Know we're together on that" , to which the police sergeant said "Mountain Lodge Prison, or something of that nature" and Hartnell said "Yeah.You know he broke out and had to kill a guard getting out".On December 17th 1968 aged 32 years, Donald Lee Bujok was released from Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge Valley approximately 3 and one half miles from the town of Deer Lodge, after serving 11 years for the slaying of Undersheriff Otto Fossen, and was this the moment in the dialogue with Bryan Hartnell that the impenetrable Zodiac killer became human for just a brief moment in time, to possibly reveal clues to his identity for so long promised in his complex ciphers and later correspondence with police, that always failed to materialize.A later transcript of Bryan Hartnell's conversation with the Zodiac stated that the assailant said , "I'm on my way to Mexico, I escaped from Deer Lodge Prison in Montana, Deer Lodge. I need some money to get there".

Bryan Hartnell described his attacker as having brown hair, 225-250 lbs in weight and 5'8'' - 6'00'''' in height, but admitted he was a bad judge of height because he was so tall, nevertheless was similar to the description given by Michael Mageau. Cecelia Shepard who was still conscious when Deputy Dave Collins arrived on the scene was told by Shepard that her assailant was "just may'be a little taller than you, may'be an inch". Deputy Collins was 5'10''. At that particular time records held by Kevin Robert Brooks had Bujok at 5'10'', although his driving license records also held states 5'11'' , plus at the time of the attack Bujok weighed 225 lbs.Hartnell also added that the man spoke with a drawl, a form of slow drawn out speech pattern, and later during the interview described the man's voice as a unique way of talking. Kevin Robert Brooks highlighted the fact that Donald Lee Bujok suffered from a pronounced speech impediment, he gained control of in time by speaking in a slow monotone form, which could be construed as a drawl.

Approximately 30 minutes after the attack at Blue Rock Springs Park, a call was received by the Vallejo Police Department, allegedly by the killer, from a phone booth at the gas station close to murder victim Darlene Ferrin's home, where the man claimed responsibility for the Lake Herman Road murders and the recent attack at Blue Springs.The police dispatcher who took the call in the early hours of July 5th 1969 was 26 year old Nancy Slover, who described the voice as mature, without accent, who spoke even but consistent, soft but forceful, as if reading from a script. But possibly the killer may have been speaking the way he always did, applying control, in the monotone fashion, that was now as natural to him as the murderous rampage he had embarked upon.These are the questions Kevin Robert Brooks has wrangled with in his conviction and search for the truth behind California's most hidden evil, and despite all the correspondence, cryptograms and cat and mouse games employed by the man labeling himself the Zodiac Killer, could the answer simply lie somewhere three and a half miles west of Deer Lodge, that fell from the mouth of a killer one fateful September afternoon.

The Zodiac Killer mystery retains an unfaltering allure, that has managed to captivate a worldwide audience for more than four decades and when people become entranced with the case, there are many times upon reviewing the postcards, ciphers and wording, that the breath of the killer can almost be felt for a brief moment, when you spot something you think is significant, before it is cruelly snatched away. But it does not stop you trying, to in essence close the book on years of torment for the victims families and friends, which has unfortunately sometimes been forgotten in the midst of this tragic affair.Many suspects have been touted as the infamous killer and most have been effectively eliminated from ongoing scrutiny, but recently another name has emerged, that of Donald Lee Bujok, projected from previous obscurity, to the forefront of the discussion, by some detailed and extensive investigation from Zodiac researcher Kevin Robert Brooks, who can claim to have felt the breath of a killer more than most.

But can Kevin Robert Brooks convince us that Donald Lee Bujok is the killer, well that is for you to decide.As an introduction to this suspect, one must first acquaint themselves with the forerunner to this story, 'Donald Lee Bujok-Zodiac Suspect, which details the intricacies and the psyche of the killer, along with his subsequent thought processes, when he is laying down indicators or clues within his letters. In this case the Halloween Letter and envelope.Bearing in mind, the killer is approaching his writings from a rationale different from the norm. The key to cracking his codes, may lie in unconventional thinking, held naturally by very few individuals. Kevin Robert Brooks also dissects the Exorcist Letter and subsequent S.L.A Letter, which he believes was designed to refresh the police, to clues held within the previous correspondence. It is a widely held belief that the footnote of the Exorcist Letter stating Me-37 SFPD-0, is a reference to his murder count so far. So, if we are to believe, by progression that the Donna Lass disappearance from Stateline, Nevada on September 6th 1970, heralded the Pines Card, on which he wrote 'Sought Victim 12', followed by the 13 Hole postcard, denoting 13 possible victims and then the Halloween Card on October 27th 1970, inscribed with the number 14 on the skeletons hand, to possibly proclaim a potential 14th victim, we then we have to move forward in time, to the mailing of the Exorcist Letter on January 29th 1974, with the declaration at the foot of the letter stating Me-37 SFPD-0. And ask ourselves the question, where are all the bodies and why the three year period of inactivity in correspondence. Conversely, if the killer was incarcerated during this period, then murder on this magnitude is frankly implausible, if we are to believe the Exorcist Letter as genuine Zodiac material.

But there is an alternative, that is, the killer is revealing his age of 37 years, this time, attributing it to Me, and not the Zodiac symbol as in previous writings. Donald Lee Bujok was born on July 6th 1936, which meant he was 37 on delivery of the Exorcist Letter. The strange symbols the killer placed at the foot of the letter having been dissected to reveal the words 'To Kill !' . Remembering that Kevin Robert Brooks has approached this topic from the angle of dyslexia, to provide a unique perspective, out of convention, which again is key to unwrapping this mystery, because, almost certainly, the killer is not following a template viewed by most people.In his follow up S.L.A Letter, just over two weeks later, he again emphasizes the word "kill", as a possible hint to the previous correspondence. Note the similarity of the letter K and its apparent detachment. The Zodiac was widely believed to have an affinity towards The Mikado, a two part comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, which opened to the public on March 14th 1885, and was hugely successful running for 672 performances at the Savoy Theatre in London. The similarities can again be seen with the Asian style K. (see Mikado attachment above). Donald Lee Bujok's early life was bedecked with problems, he suffered from a bi-polar disorder, a form of depression punctuated by mood swings and a speech impediment to which in later years he gained some control over by speaking in a slow calculated

tone, resulting in the young Bujok being bullied by other children at school, and ultimately withdrawing into his own insular fantasy world.Determined to lay claim to some meaning of life, Donald Lee Bujok joined the army, stationed at Fort Ord in 1954, which effectively became central to influences, that later manifested themselves in the construction of The Halloween Card and envelope, detailed by Kevin Robert Brooks on a Youtube video and in a previous article on this site.But another tantalizing clue lay in something Donald Lee Bujok could have retained from his brief spell at Fort Ord, before his medical discharge, this being the writing paper used at the military base.This could possibly be the same paper used to author the Zodiac Letter, sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 31st 1969, described on page 446 of Robert Graysmith's 'Zodiac Unmasked'. That being, it was so thin, that the overleaf became visible, measuring exactly 7 and 1/8 inches by 10 and 1/2 inches, identical to the Fort Ord stationary Donald Lee Bujok would have had access to. But after his early contact to the newspapers, wisely switched materials, in order to protect his identity.Circumstance rarely means fact, but how many factors are required, before they reach inside of you, to form an utter belief that the suspect you have devoted hours of research into, is becoming more tangible with every passing day and the breath of a killer feels closer than ever, Kevin Robert Brooks certainly hopes so.

All four confirmed attacks by the Zodiac Killer fell on the first day of the week on the 13 Moon Calendar, but that was only the beginning.

Why did the murderer of Paul Stine take the ignition keys from the car and his wallet. Here we will examine one possibility.

Further analysis of the Pines Card and its relationship to the 13 Symbol Cipher, Button Letter code and 13 Hole Postcard. Also, was this card integral to the Donna Lass disappearance on September 6th 1970.

Using blood pattern analysis and distribution to explain the story as it unfolded from the moment the killer requisitioned the taxicab in the theater district of San Francisco to the last possible sighting of the murderer.

Examining the most likely hot spot, the Zodiac Killer returned to after his murderous acts of evil, to narrow down a location to the small town of Benicia, a low crime rate, middle class community, with a population of roughly 5,000 in 1968/69.

Experimenting with the idea that a silencer was used in the commission of the Blue Rock Springs attack and furthermore a silencer or modified compressor was either used or carried during all four attacks of the Zodiac Killer.

On a cold, dark night back on December 20th 1968, a young couple were enjoying a late night out, parked up in their Rambler, on a lonely gravel turnout, just off the unlit, narrow winding road of Lake Herman, when an unknown assailant shattered the tranquil night time air, gunning down both David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen in cold blood and unleashing an unparalleled horror on a community, the like of which had never been seen before.

Examining the logical exit routes, away from each of the murder sites, using the premise that the Zodiac Killer would immediately head for a secure or safe location after each crime, usually home.

Analyzing the aftermath of the Lake Berryessa attack on Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard, including the handwriting on the car door.

The Button and Little List letters were as intertwined as could possibly be. The story began with his choice of Mount Diablo as the focus and continued with his selection of the Phillips 66 Road Map itself.

An in depth analysis of the Pines Card sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on March 22nd 1971 and its possible links to the 13 Symbol Cipher.

In depth analysis of the unusual symbol on the envelope of the Halloween Card.

Searching within the Halloween Card for a cryptic message, linking this card with the callous murder of Paul Stine in Presidio Heights on October 11th 1969.

The possibility the Zodiac Killer murders were date specific. 12 Murders and one disappearance all falling on the first day of the 13 Moon Calendar within a 23 month period.

Subtle links between the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird ' and the Halloween Card/Eureka Card.

The aftermath of Presidio Heights, examining the possible movements of the Zodiac Killer in the moments after the callous execution of Paul Stine on October 11th 1969.

Using simple mathematics to forge symmetry within the 13 Symbol Cipher, sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on April 20th 1970.

Finding pi within the Halloween Card.

A possible key within the 340 Cipher using the moniker Zodiac and continuing this link through to the 13 Symbol Cipher five months later.

Exploring the possible events post Blue Rock Springs and a plausible location area of the killers residence.

The murder of Shannon Olson on Halloween, three days after the mailing of this letter.

Revealing the name Kane in the 13 Symbol Cipher using two individual techniques, yet arriving at the same destination.

An examination of dates, pi and Richard Gaikowski, using the 13 Moon Calendar as a template.

A further extension of the 13 Moon Calendar theory and why the Little List Letter mailed to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 26th 1970 was integral to the killers plans.

On November 26th 1960, Beverly Allan (19) and Larry Peyton (19) were teenagers who had driven to a lovers lane retreat in Forest Park, Portland Hills to enjoy themselves, when their lives were cruelly snatched away.

Attacks bearing the hallmarks of the Modesto abduction of Kathleen Johns on March 22nd 1970.

Linking the symbols on the sixth line of the 340 Cipher to the Exorcist Letter over four years later.

In this article, an interesting find on the Zodiac Killer Site forum has been integrated into the possibility the Zodiac Killer was driven by astrology, religion and in part, by coding and mathematics and take The Wheel of Death to its ancestral roots in The Wheel of Fortune or Rota Fortunae.

A look at Idyllwild, situated in the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County, California, a scenic backdrop, flanked by the nearby communities of Pine Cove and Fern Valley.